First BAFTA nomination for Nowhere Boys

22 October, 2015 by
Staff Writer

Matchbox Pictures’ Nowhere Boys has scored its first nomination for the British Academy Children’s Awards presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.

The ABC3 teen drama created by Tony Ayres and produced by Beth Frey is in the running for the international award along with Cartoon Network's Clarence and Adventure Time and Disney XD's Gravity Falls.

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BBC2/Lion TV’s gruesomely entertaining history show Horrible Histories leads the nominations with nods for comedy and writing for the Magna Carta episode and for Jessica Ransom's portrayal of Mary, Queen of Scots.

Peppa Pig received its ninth nomination for pre-school: animation and its fourth in the writer category.

The nominees for best feature are Big Hero 6, Inside Out, Paddington and Shaun the Sheep: The Movie.

The awards will be handed out at the Roundhouse, London, on November 22, hosted by actor/comedian/screenwriter Doc Brown.

Earlier this year the first series of Nowhere Boys won the Kidscreen Award for best new tweens/teens series and the iKids Awards for the companion interactive game Nowhere Boys: The 5Th Boy.

The feature film spin-off directed by David Caesar, Nowhere Boys: Book of Shadows, will be released in Australian cinemas on January 1 by Backlot Films followed by its TV premiere on ABC3.